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Wednesday, May 31 2017, 6AM
God damn! It's a Wednesday that feels like a Tuesday...let's get through it together! Send in your requests and make Wednesday Wednesday again!
From 2009, here's Phosphorescent performing "Wolves" live on the Morning Show on KEXP. Recorded at the Cutting Room Studios NYC www.youtube.com
Richard Edwards is the former frontman for the Indiana indie-folk outfit Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s. Read more about the album here www.stereogum.com
The Jayhawks stopped by KEXP last summer for an in-studio hosted by Mr Kevin Cole - relive last summer now! www.youtube.com
Watch Billy Bragg perform this track live on this video from 2013 www.youtube.com
You can watch Case/Lang/Veirs perform their entire album live right here www.youtube.com
This Portland band formed in 2005 and they are a lot of fun live - the audience is able to participate in call and response sing-a-longs. Sometimes the band will hand out instruments for fans to play, and they’ll even get down off stage to perform right on the floor. Go see 'em! thebuildersandthebutchers.com
Alex Giannascoli is now going by the stage name (Sandy) Alex G. Where does "Sandy" come from? .“‘Sandy’ was the first thing I put on Bandcamp, which was always ‘sandy.bandcamp.com,’Ever since then, I’ve just used that ‘Sandy’ as a sort of tag [on social media].” Here's a recent interview (5/19) with him from Spin Magazine www.spin.com
From 2015, here's Kurt Vile performing live in the KEXP studio. Hosted by Cheryl Waters www.youtube.com
From the album 'Little by Little'. The album title is taken from a quote by Melvyn Douglas's character Homer Bannon in the 1963 film Hud: "Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire."
If you already own 'Transatlanticism' and only need/want the demos, you can purchase them here www.barsuk.com
Here's a review of one of their recent shows in NYC www.brooklynvegan.com
Greg Gilbert, the singer and guitarist of the band Delays, was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer late last year. Here's a link to a fundraiser if you'd like to help www.gofundme.com
This track is off their upcoming album 'Painted Ruins' which drops August 18th and they'll play The Moore Theatre on Friday, December 8th www.grizzly-bear.net
Here's the "official" video...they have the feel of the 80's dialed in www.youtube.com
Only 143 shopping days until Depeche Mode plays Key Arena on October 21st, but who's counting?
text "goat" to 206-903-5397 for a chance to win Mountain Goats tickets!
"Beds Are Burning" is a protest song in support of giving native Australian lands back to the Pintupi, who were among the very last people to come in from the desert.
by request! The Psychedelic Furs play the Showbox on Friday, July 21st.
Actually, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd, not the 21st.
"Everybody Knows" performed live by the man himself back in 2014 www.youtube.com
Cocktail Trivia Time - A brief snippet of the song appears in the series finale of "Friends" after Rachel boards the plane. This marked the first time that Pearl Jam licensed a song for usage in a television show. According to a spokesperson of the group, it was, "simply a matter of the show's producers asking permission.
Many artists have paid tribute on-stage to Chris Cornell (who sings on this track) since his passing. Here's 10 of the best (according to Rolling Stone) www.rollingstone.com
This song is based on an orchestral version of The Rolling Stones' song "The Last Time", and it samples a main theme. Because of the legal controversy surrounding a plagiarism charge, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were added to the songwriting credits.
Their new album 'Hug of Thunder' is out on July 7th (hmmm, out 7/7 and it is their first new release in 7 years? Coincidence? I think not!) and today they released the third single from the album and you're listening to it right now! Yeah, how about that?www.stereogum.com
OMG! Modest Mouse and Built To Spill play at The Washington State Fair on Thursday, September 21st! did I say OMG? OMFG!
According to this Seattle band, "Teen Challenge" is about the floundering feelings that pull you in and out of a failing relationship. 'Always killin' it' being a jab at the self, laughing at the fact that what you want is not always what is best for you."
Happy 53rd birthday to Darryl "D.M.C." Matthews McDaniels AKA Easy D
On Saturday, June 10th join us at Neumos as KEXP Presents Pickwick w/ special guests Cataldo to celebrate the release of 'LoveJoys', Pickwick's new album www.ticketfly.com
While Talk Talk never really achieved much commercial success, artists who have praised the band or cited them as an influence include Tears for Fears, Matthew Good, Elbow, Shearwater, M83, and Death Cab for Cutie. #totallyunderated
The Mountain Goats will LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, June 6th @ 12:00 noon. This performance is open to the public and you can sign up for it starting at 10:30 am.
"Girls" can also be found on the soundtrack to "Lost in Translation"
The story of "Disintegration" is very interesting...it features fire, isolation, indulgence, threats of breaking up and finally the dismissal of long time core member Lol Tolhurst. And at the end of all that, when finally finished, the band's label thought that releasing it as recorded would be "commercial suicide". The record was finally released "as-is" on May 2, 1989 and it became the bands biggest commercial hit. www.xsnoize.com
Dead Can Dance are re-releasing some of their back catalog on vinyl. Check it out! www.deadcandance.com
When first released, listeners were surprised to hear Dylan singing in a previously unheard gentle croon.
Johnny Cash's TV show ran for almost 3 years on ABC. In addition to Ray Charles, guests included Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor, Tammy Wynette and jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show
Remember - this land is your land and my land & it was made for you and me. Love it? Stand up for what you love!
"Feeling Good" (also known as "Feelin' Good") was written by English songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd.' Nina Simone recorded the song for her 1965 album 'I Put a Spell on You'.
The National are coming to town and play two nights (11/28 & 11/29) at The Paramount Theatre.
I'm glad he finally played some Pixies on The Morning Show. Dude never plays them...
Gosh, haven't heard these guys in forever...now if only I could hear some Ani Difranco, my day would be complete!
